# AD 48-31-01: Stabilizer Strut

- Type: Airworthiness directive
- Status: Current
- Products: Gulfstream American G-44 and G-44A
- Superseded by: Nothing supersedes this AD
- Product type: Aircraft, Small airplane
- Registered aircraft: 82 may be affected, by airframe or engine model (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA DRS: https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/A6B8F10E38B2E64B86256A38005B9A3A.0001
- DRS record last changed: May 30, 2024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-31-01

## The airworthiness directive

48-31-01 GRUMMAN: Applies to G-44 and G-44A Aircraft.

To be accomplished by September 15, 1948.

Inspect upper terminal (P/N 17257-1) of stabilizer strut (P/N 17256) for cracks extending radially from the outside edge of the ears to the inside of the hole in which the shoulder bushings are pressed. Cracked terminals should be replaced with steel terminals. All terminals without cracks may be left in service if inspected every 100 hours.

(Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. Service Bulletin No. 22 dated July 1, 1948, covers this same subject.)

## Affected data sheets (1) (OpenAirDocs)

The type certificate data sheets whose models the AD names.

- [TCDS A-734](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/A-734): Frakes Aviation; names 2 of 3 models: G-44A, G-44

## Registered aircraft it may apply to (OpenAirDocs)

Matched by airframe and engine model; the AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

- Aircraft: 82 (82 by airframe model, 0 by engine model)
- Makers: Grumman 82

Models with the most aircraft:

- [Grumman G-44](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-44): 53 aircraft (airframe model)
- [Grumman G-44A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-44a): 29 aircraft (airframe model)

All 2 models: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-31-01/models.md
Every aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/ad/48-31-01/aircraft.md

Its text cites no advisory circulars or STCs.

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